Unit 18                                                            City and Country

Lessons 1-2

A. Listen, read and say.

City streets and country roads by 

Eleanor Farjeon

The city has streets-

But the country has roads.

In the country one meets

Blue carts with their loads

Of sweet-smelling hay, 

And mangolds, and grain.

Oh, take me away 

To the country again!

In the city one sees

Big trams rattle by, 

And the breath of the chimneys

That blot out the sky.

And all down the pavements 

Stiff lamp-posts one sees-

But the country has hedgerows,

The country has trees.

As sweet as the sun 

In the country is rain:

Oh, take me away

To the country again!

Lessons 3-4

B. Read the poem aloud. Use correct stress and intonation.

C. Groupwork. Read the poem again. Answer the questions.

      1 Does the author of the poem prefer the country or the 

         city? How do you know? Underline the lines in the 

         poem that tells you the answer.

      2 Do you prefer the city or the country? Why?

D. Read the poem again. Make two lists, one of things you 

     can see in the country and the other of the things you can 

     see in the city.

Lessons 7-8

F. Read the poem aloud. Use correct stress and intonation.

G. Read the poem again. Answer the questions.

     1 What was the bird doing?

     2 What was the butterfly doing?

     3 What were the leaves doing? 4 What did the rainbow do?

H. Groupwork. Read the poem again. Discuss the questions.

     1 What did the poet want to do?

     2 What did the poet actually do in the end? Why do you 

        think he did this?

     3 Think about the poem on page 70 and this poem. Do the 

        poets have similar or different opinions about the country? 

        Why do you think so?